#bd7909

Color #bd7909

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 9.84 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bd7909

RGB

rgb(189, 121, 9)

HSL

hsl(37.3, 90.9%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.3, 95.2%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 36%, 95.2%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(56.6, 19.26, 61.45)

LCH

lch(56.6, 64.4, 72.6)

OKLCH

oklch(63.3%, 0.135, 70.04)

HWB

hwb(37.3, 3.5%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#094dbd

Analogous

#bd1f09

#bd7909

#a7bd09

Triadic

#bd7909

#09bd79

#7909bd

Split-complementary

#bd7909

#09a7bd

#1f09bd

Tetradic

#bd7909

#4dbd09

#094dbd

#7909bd

Square

#bd7909

#09bd1f

#094dbd

#bd09a7

Shades

Color #bd7909 mixed toward black.

#9d6508

#7e5106

#5e3c05

#3f2803

#1f1402

Tints

Color #bd7909 mixed toward white.

#ef990b

#f6ae38

#f8c26a

#fad69c

#fdebcd

Tones

Color #bd7909 mixed toward gray.

#ae7518

#9f7227

#906e36

#816a45

#726754

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a33e · ΔE 22.2

Deuteranopia

#a8ac45 · ΔE 24.5

Tritanopia

#ba5256 · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 26.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bd7909;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd7909]

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Frequently asked questions

#bd7909 (#bd7909) is rgb(189, 121, 9) in RGB.

No, #bd7909 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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